Man in his 40s arrested on suspicion of murder in St Ives

Dramatic photos of the suspect being apprehended...

A statement from the police

“Officers from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit are currently dealing with the sudden death of a man in Houghton Road, St Ives.

“We were called at about 12.40pm this afternoon (Sunday) with reports of violence. On arrival a woman was also found to be injured at the address and is currently receiving medical treatment.

“She is believed to be in a stable condition. The death is being treated as suspicious and a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

“Scenes have been put in place in Houghton Road and Harrison Way and the roads have been closed.

“Anyone with information is asked to contact the major crime unit on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.”

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Spoke to police...

A police spokesperson said: “We’re not willing to comment at this time. We will make a statement in due course.”

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No police update yet...

It’s been a few hours since the incident happened, but there’s still no comment from police. We’ll post that for you as soon as we have it.

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Green Leys silhouette

Silhouette in a house in Houghton Road, St Ives, where police spent the afternoon

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Police at a house involved in the incident

Police at a house

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Green Leys

A photo of the Green Leys area after an incident in St Ives

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More photographs coming up of Green Leys

We have photos of the house at Green Leys... We’ll post them shortly.

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Jason David Ablewhite full comments

He said:

“There is much speculation as to an incident that has occurred in St Ives today in the Green Leys area. I have been fully briefed by the Chief Constable and can confirm that the Police have full control and that there is no risk to the public”

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Crime and commissioner makes comment

In a post on Facebook, police and crime commissioner for Cambridgeshire, Jason Ablewhite, has said police had “full control” of the incident and added there was “no risk to the public”.

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Photo collage

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What we know so far

What we know so far:

The road on A1096 Harrison Way in St Ives was closed in both directions at around 1pm.

A man was arrested at Jones’ Boatyard, after he tried to escape from police by jumping into the river.

There’s been an incident at Green Leys where there are police cars and ambulance services, including two helicopters.

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Police at incident in Green Leys

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A car with police

Police and car

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Harrison Way

Another image of the bridge on Harrison Way

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The bridge on Harrison Way

The bridge on Harrison Way

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Reports of a diversion route

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Police preventing people from turning into St Ives...

Police preventing people from turning into St Ives

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Jones' Boatyard...

Jones' Boatyard with police

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Photos coming up...

We’ve got photographs of St Ives right now. They should be up shortly...

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Account from Domino's

Rahul, store manager of Domino’s Pizza, told the News: “There is talk of someone being stabbed and a man has jumped from the bridge. We are facing issues with the delivery. Someone of the roads are shut so we’ve had to stop orders. I think the police are searching around. Hopefully we’ll be okay, I’m not too sure.”

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Photos should be coming through shortly...

We will have more photos coming through of the blockade. Our photographer is at the scene. They are re-routing people from Harrison Way.

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Dominoes stopped from delivery

There are now reports that Domino’s Pizza in St Ives are held off from delivering to the area. I’ll have more information on that as I get it.

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Eye witness from St Ives gives his account

Tony Liddocoat, from St Ives, said: “I was working on my boat in Jones’ Boatyard, heard a police car coming along, and saw 3 policeman come out the car and headed towards St Ives itself, running back down the road towards Jones’. A few minutes later I saw two policemen in the field just underneath the bridge with their arms raised - I assume they were holding firearms, you know the classic position and shouts of ‘don’t move’ or ‘stay where you are’ to that effect.

“A few minutes later I saw them walking back with the way with a man being frog marched in between them. They entered Jones’ boatyard by the wooden bridge by the boatyard, they took this guy across the bridge down into just by Jones’ office. He stood with his hands up win the air and being frisked. “But there are four ambulances. Another guy I spoke to said the guy that was being arrested was soaking wet. The police came round through the field to get to him.”

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Another tweet

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Tweet

Here’s a photo tweeted by Peter Reeve earlier.

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Owner of Jones Boatyard speaking to the News

The owner of Jones’ Boatyard said:

I’m afraid I don’t have that much to report. We were busy working in the shop. There is just lots of police activity around here. That’s all I can tell you.

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Police have reportedly arrested someone

We have someone at the scene. More reports say that police arrested someone at Jones’ Boatyard.